
Dr. Lalu Thohir, M.Pd.
Dr. Lalu Thohir, M.Pd. He obtained his bachelor degree in education (in Arabic) from Islamic State University of Mataram (IAIN) Mataram in 2001, master of education degree (in English) from Islamic University of Malang (UNISMA) in 2005, and doctor of education degree (in English) from State University of Semarang (UNNES) in 2018. In 2007, he attended TOT organized by the University of Cambridge and IALF Bali in the ESOL ICELT (English to Speakers of Other Languages In-service Certificate in English Language Teaching) program and then he became a teacher trainer in ELTIS (English Language Training for Islamic Schools) activities from 2007 up to 2009. Before being admitted as a lecturer in the University of Mataram, he actively taught in some private institutes in West Nusa Tenggara and he was assigned as a head of English education study program in the Mataram Institute of Teacher Training and Education (IKIP) from 2009 up to 2013. He has an interest in language teaching and research, particularly dealing with the teaching of reading and writing skills.